Commonwealth Security Services

The Commonwealth Security Service (CSS) was a precursor to the Commonwealth Police of Australia.

Operational in the 1930s and 1940s, it merged with the Commonwealth Investigation Branch in 1946 to form the Commonwealth Investigation Service (CIS).^[1][2] The CSS monitored events and organizations deemed problematic by the government,^[3][4] including the 1948 Queensland railway strike^[5]

References

1. History of Australian intelligence and security naa.gov.au
2. "Security Services". Kalgoorlie Miner. Western Australia. 30 May 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
3. "Reds regain papers". The Mail (Adelaide). South Australia. 9 December 1950. p. 54. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
4. "LOOSE TALK". Illawarra Mercury. New South Wales, Australia. 20 November 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
5. Olive, Doug (1948), The Queensland railway strike, February-April 1948, [Australian Communist Party?, retrieved 11 January 2020

See also

• Commonwealth Police